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How is he?

Who is so daring to kill the prince of a country?

Is it a family without a surname?not us!

Qi Ping trembled all over, the sweat protruding from his forehead.

At this moment, Mu Xiaoque suddenly raised her head and looked towards the door. The cold north wind was blowing at the dilapidated wooden door, and among the creaking and creaking sounds, there was a sudden creaking sound of walking in the snow.

Mu Xiaoque took a step forward numbly, pushing Qi Ping to follow suit.

Bang!

The door was blown open suddenly, Qi Ping was startled, he quickly turned his head to look over, then frowned, and the creaking sound became louder and louder.

Before they could react, a group of people stepped on the snow and rushed in, the leader being Zhao Li.

He glanced over Mu Xiaoque's face, he was stunned for a moment, his eyes glanced at Qi Ping, then at the chief seat, a thunderous thunder seemed to explode deep in his brain.

"It's Your Highness!"

Zhao Li was shaken uncontrollably by the roar.

"Commander!"

The cold wind blew past, taking away the tail of the roar, and for a moment, the world became silent, only the sound of heartbeats hitting the chest remained.

"How did His Highness die!"

A pair of doubtful eyes looked at Mu Xiaoque, Zhao Li suddenly took a step forward, stopped in front of everyone, pointed at Qi Ping and shouted angrily: "It's him! He must have killed His Highness! The commander appeared here to hunt him down. This!"

"Yes, it's him!"

"It must be him!"

"The commander came here to hunt down criminals!"

A voice of relief came down, and they couldn't help but smile on their faces, but their slightly trembling lips betrayed their true thoughts at the moment.

One person suddenly took a step forward, glanced behind him, and said with a forced smile: "Commander, do you think so?"

The trembling ending sound vibrated in the air, Mu Xiaoque swept across the familiar faces full of hope, and looked at the commander of the imperial army standing on the other side.

He dragged Qi Ping behind him, leaving only an afterimage on the spot, and he was quite lucky at this time, the bruises on Qi Ping's face covered up his original face.

"it's me!"

"I killed the third prince!"

At this moment, all the messy threads were untied in his mind one by one, what else did he not understand?

"Do you know what the taboo of being an emperor is?"

"You can't only favor one person, only trust one person, only listen to one person, one person will be obsessed with listening to one person, the other will be arrogant because of favor, and the third will change hands!"

The whispered words from that day echoed in Mu Xiaoque's ears again, how could the third prince befriend someone from the Wu surname family, it turns out that the chess player has always been the aloof Ninety-Five Supreme.

Did the rebel Li family impress the emperor by relying on his life and weakening the power of the entire rivers and lakes?I'm afraid it's more than that. The Li family with such a powerful force may become the second Mu Xiaoque after his death.

There must be other things, and the thing that can impress the emperor and save the Li family can only be the offering of all the power they have accumulated over the years.

But what is so valuable that they will give up everything and put all their eggs in one basket!

He held Qi Ping's hand tightly, and instantly understood everything, it was freedom!It was the freedom that he had longed for all his life, but could never touch again!

The four major families were implicated by General Wei, they were not allowed to become officials, they were not allowed to become rich in the world, and they were not allowed to become a giant. Everyone was bound under the palm of that hand. As long as they took a step, the sky above them would be destroyed. Press down thoroughly to crush them.

They are the dogs of the superior man!

Just like himself!

Under those shocked and confused gazes, Mu Xiaoque's Adam's apple rolled up and down for a moment, and his palm restrained Qi Ping's movements, emphatically saying: "It's me!"

"No!" Qi Ping yelled from behind, with despair and tears in his voice, and he had completely understood everything at this time, he yelled: "It was me! I killed him, it was me!"

Mu Xiaoque looked at Zhao Li quietly, with a plea in her eyes.

"Commander, no, Mu Yunyu is coming with us," Zhao Li swallowed, feeling the tightness in his throat, he turned his head to look at Qi Ping with a hoarse voice, "You, leave quickly, this is without you What's the matter?"

"I'm not leaving!" Qi Ping knew very well what would happen after he left, and what it meant, he held Mu Xiaoque's hand tightly, "Can you walk with me?"

Mu Xiaoque tilted her head to look at him, her vigilant, tired and helpless eyes couldn't hide a trace of tenderness.

I saw that Qi Ping's eyes were full of tears, hanging in the corners of his eyes, about to fall.

Mu Xiaoque clenched and loosened his hands hidden in his sleeves, and then clenched them tightly again. After repeating several times, he suddenly nodded slightly.

Tears slid down Qiping's cheeks and dripped on the ground. The corners of his mouth could not help but curl up slightly, and he whispered: "I will always protect you."

"I know." Mu Xiaoque raised his sleeve and wiped Qi Ping's face. Suddenly, he paused his hands, as if he just remembered that it was not proper manners. teardrop.

Zhao Li raised his hand to suppress the movements of everyone behind him, walked over step by step, and stopped at a distance of three feet away from Mu Xiaoque, "Put down your weapon, let's go."

Mu Xiaoque raised his arm and stretched it out in front of him, and let go of the hand holding the sword. However, the moment Zhao Li's gaze fell, he suddenly took a step forward.

When Zhao Li came back to his senses, his neck had already fallen into the hands of others, and the afterimage was slowly disappearing at the same place.

Mu Xiaoque pinched Zhao Li's neck with two fingers, raised her foot and lightly kicked the long sword that hadn't landed on the ground, and grabbed it casually with the other hand.

He held Zhao Li hostage and didn't say a word, just quietly watched the group of people who were either his subordinates or his opponents, and led Qi Ping to slowly move towards the window.

"Thank you," a mosquito-like voice came into the ear, and then there was a pain in the neck, Zhao Li glanced at Mu Xiaoque, and then the whole person was suddenly thrown out, towards the crowd.

There was a clatter, and by the time the group of people got up from the ground in a hurry, there was no one by the window.

The north wind whirled into the room and swept around, Zhao Li rubbed his neck, and finally ordered: "Chasing!"

...............

In the evening, after escaping another wave of chasing soldiers, both of them were somewhat exhausted physically and mentally.

After walking in that underground labyrinth for a night and fleeing for a whole day, their energy has already been exhausted.

Pushing aside the weeds that blocked the road, Mu Xiaoque led Qi Ping to the dilapidated and abandoned temple in front of him. The palms of the two of them were sweaty, and they were sticky and icy when blown by the cold wind.

Mu Xiaoque curled up her fingers that were almost unconscious from the cold, looked back at Qi Ping who was silent, and pulled her hands away.

Qi Ping trembled all over, as if he had finally woken up from his dream, he clenched his hands tightly, took a sudden step forward and grabbed Mu Xiaoque's arm, and begged in a low voice, "Don't leave me."

In the night, Mu Xiaoque's face was full of pain, but he still said in the usual tone: "I didn't leave you, didn't I go with you?"

Qi Ping looked up at Mu Xiaoque, with tears in his eyes, he smiled miserably and nodded, "I believe you won't leave me, will you?"

He didn't get an answer for a while, so he immediately asked: "You won't leave me, will you? Are you? Are you?"

Mu Xiaoque closed his eyes in Qi Ping's increasingly hasty voice, and quickly answered, he smiled slightly at the corners of Qi Ping's mouth, "I won't leave you."

"I believe in you," Qi Ping chuckled. In such a night, like a ghost, he cleared his throat and repeated as if nothing had happened: "I believe in you. Don't let me down. Leave me alone again. I really don't want you anymore."

Entering the gate of the temple, Qi Ping pushed Mu Xiaoque in, and managed to close the door by himself, creaking and rattling in the wind. While he was busy, he suddenly confirmed in a low voice: "Queer? Are you there?"

Mu Xiaoque frowned and walked over, looked down at Qi Ping whose back was trembling non-stop: "What's wrong with you?"

"It's nothing, it's okay," Qi Ping secretly wiped his face, turned his head and smiled cautiously at Mu Xiaoque, stood up and was about to walk in.

As a result, his eyes suddenly went dark, and he threw himself forward, but the expected support did not appear, and his knees slammed onto the ground.

Before the scenery in front of him recovered, he hurriedly stretched out his hand to touch it forward. When he touched the familiar shoe, Qi Ping let out a sigh of relief, "I thought you were gone."

"Qi Ping, can you stop making trouble?" Mu Xiaoque's slightly tired and helpless voice sounded, he looked down at the person kneeling on the ground, and raised his hand to pinch the space between his brows: "Get up, let's go have a rest."

"Well," seeing Qi Ping nodding over there, Mu Xiaoque bent down to help him up, knelt down and patted his pants, and said softly, "Let's go, sit over there for a while."

Qi Ping was nestled in Mu Xiaoque's arms, the two absorbed each other's warmth in this cold environment, he suddenly raised his eyes and asked: "What are you thinking?"

"Thinking about how we should go back to the mountain," Mu Xiaoque looked out of the big hole in the door, shook his head and sighed: "But after thinking about it, it seems that there is only one road that does not pass through any towns, and they will definitely be here Ambush us on the road."

Qi Ping was silent for a moment, then suddenly cleared his throat and asked, "But why do we have to go back to the mountain? Go to other places, they can't find us."

Mu Xiaoque stopped completely, he didn't look down at Qi Ping, and after thinking for a while, he explained: "If we disappear, your master and the others will be troubled."

"Yes," Qi Ping buried his face into Mu Xiaoque's neck, nodded, "I understand."

What he didn't tell Mu Xiaoque was that before he set off for Duzhou City, he had told his master to let them live in another place.

........................

Duzhou City, Wind and Rain Building

Xiang Qing'er listened to the report of her subordinates, her face slowly covered with a dignified expression, as if covered with a layer of frost, she interrupted the voice of the report, and ordered: "Call all the disciples of the Hemiao Sect, and advance to Zhoucheng! "

Qian Mian sat aside, and when there were only the two of them left in the room, he finally couldn't help asking: "Aren't we going to help them?"

"No need!" Xiang Qing'er got up and walked to the window, looking at the imperial palace in the distance across the entire Duzhou City, and said softly: "Mu Xiaoque will come back."